Apparatus for making waistband



Feb. 21, 1961 J. M. ASHE 2,972,317

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JOH N M ASHE ATTORNEYS Feb. 21, 1961 J, As E 2,972,317

APPARATUS F OR MAKING WAISTBAND I Filed Feb. 21, 1958 r 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR JOHN M. ASHE BY Z W ATTORNEY S United StatesPatent O APPARATUS FOR MAKING WAISTBAND John M. Ashe, 362 Claremont Road, Philadelphia, Pa.

Filed Feb. 21, 1958, Ser. No. 716,805

1 Claim. (Cl. 112-147) My invention relates to an elastic waist band, and more particularly relates to the apparatus for making the elastic waist band.

In the past elastic waist bands which have been used on a garment have not been adequately covered, thereby giving the garment an unfinished appearance and further having a tendency to irritate the skin of the wearer where the rough edge of the elastic webbing was juxtaposed against the persons body. The present invention relates to an apparatus for making a waistband-having an elasticwebbing whereby the elastic Webbing will run under the head of the garment and will be completely encapsulated between the face of the garment and an inner lining or curtain sewn to the interior surface thereof.

' It is, therefore, an object of my invention to provide an elastic waist band having a finished appearance wherein the elastic portions are completely covered.

Another object of my invention is to provide an elastic waist band and apparatus for easily applying the same to a garment.

Another object of my invention is to provide an apparatus for applying an elastic waist band upon articles such as swim trunks, boxer shorts, pajama bottoms and insulated underwear, and the'apparatus for performing the sewing operation easily and efficiently.

Another object of my invention is to provide an apparatus for aligning the elastic webbing with the garment and simultaneously applying an inner lining or curtain to the inner surface thereof by means of conventional sewing equipment.

Another object of my invention is to provide an elastic waist band which will have a finished appearance and will not irritate or be uncomfortable when it is placed against the body of the wearer.

Other objects of my invention are to provide an improved device of the character described, that is easily and economically produced, which is effective in construction, and which is highly efiicient in operation.

With the above and related objects in view, my invention consists in the details of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fully understood from the following description, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front plan view of a garment having an elastic waist band embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along lines 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the configuration of the waist band prior to sewing.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view, and partly in section, showing the manner in which the components of the garment including the webbing and lining are oriented prior P ice Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along lines 7-7 of Fig. 6.

Referring now in greater detail to the drawings, I show a garment, generally designated as A, having an elastic waist band sewn therein and generally designated as B.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the garment A which is illustrated comprises a pair of boxer shorts having a body portion 12 of conventional fabric material. It is to be observed that the fabric 12 is folded at 14 to define a hem 16 running transversely with the body portion 12 and which is customarily defined as the head of the garment which encloses the upper edge of the elastic webbing 18.

The elastic waist band B comprises the head 16 of the garment A in combination with the elastic webbing 18 and an inner lining or curtain 20 which is secured thereover and sewn in abutment with the head of the garment. The elastic webbing 18 is a conventional elastic band hav ing a plurality of elastic threads woven into a muslin-type sheet. The inner lining or curtain 20 is of conventional lining material such as rayon, nylon or cheese cloth.

The curtain 20 is a strip of material approximately one and one-half times the width of the webbing 18, the lateral edges of which are curled over the webbing 18 at 22 and 24 respectively A longitudinal line of stitching 26 is sewn through the back of the curtain 20, one longitudinal edge of the Webbing 18, the curl 22, the hem 16, and the face of the fabric 12. This is shown in Fig. 2. A second longitudinal line of stitching 28 passes through the curtain 20 spaced from the stitching 26, through the opposite longitudinal edge of the webbing 18, the curl 24, and the front face of the fabric 12.

It is easily seen that while the construction described hereinbefore completely encapsulates the webbing to provide a smooth surface to the skin of the wearer as well as a finished appearance to the garment, such a construction would be exceptionally time-consuming, laborious, and expensive if performed by hand because of the elastic nature of the webbing 18 as well as the hem 16 and curls 22 and 24 encapsulating the webbing. This difliculty is further augmented because of the necessity of affording puckers in the fabric 12 in order to permit for expansion of the garment A about the wearer.

I, therefore, provide a sewing guide attachment, generally designated as C, in order to align the various fold lines within the elastic waist band preparatory to sewing the band within the garment.

The guide attachment C comprises a flattened hollow tube 34 into which the width of the curtain is fed and travels longitudinally therethrough. The flattened tube 34 narrows as it longitudinally progresses into the attachment and a pair of curling ears 36 and 38 at the sides thereof curl the edges of the curtain over the webbing 18, and form the curls 22 and 24 respectively. Spaced above the tube 34 and afiixed to the curling car 38 is a rectangular guide ring 40 through which the webbing 18 is fed longitudinally with respect to the curtain 20. A platform 42 is mounted upon legs '44 spaced from and above the ears 36 and 38 of the tube 34. A U-shaped guide 46 longitudinally extends with the platform 14 and is afiixed to the lower end thereof at 48 defining a slot and stop for the fabric. The upper arm of the U 46 is spaced above the platform 42 and provides a space through which the fabric 12 may freely pass therebetween.

The guide attachment C is Welded to a plate 50 having spaced arms 52 and 54 extending from one side thereof. The arms 52 and 54 are slotted at 52a and 54a respectively to permit securing of the attachment to a sewing table by means of screws 56 and 58 respectively and enables adjustment upon the said table (not shown). A pair of sewing needles 30 are disposed at the exit of the sewing attachment spaced inwardly from the sides of the v. 3 ears 36a and 38a respectively and incorporate the longitudinally spaced lines of stitching 26 and 28 within the elastic band securely sewing the same to the garment A.

Referring to Fig. 4, the curtain 20 is fed into the tube 34 and is gradually curled at 22 and 24 as a result of the curling ears 36 and 38 respectively. The webbing 18 is longitudinally fed through the ring 40 between'the cars 22 and 24 whereby the curtain is formed about the Webbing 18 during the longitudinal progress through the sewing attachment C. The fabric 12 is placed on the platform 42 whereby one edge passes through the U-shaped element 46 until the edge of the fabric abuts the stop 48. The component parts of the garment A longitudinally pass through the sewing attachment C and exit therefrom in the position as shown in Fig. 3 thereafter to have the respective lines of stitching 26 and 28 sewn therein by the needles 30 and 32 respectively.

Although my invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting, since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope of the invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim:

A sewing guide attachment for fabricating an elastic band for a garment comprising a flat substantially rectangular base plate, means adjacent one end of said base plate by which the base plate can be attached to a sewing table, an upright leg mounted on said base plate, said leg extending across said base plate adjacent the other end thereof, a platform secured to the top of said leg and extending parallel to said base plate, said platform being shorter than the length of said base plate, a substantially U-shaped guide extending along one end of said platform, said U-shaped guide extending around and spaced from said end of the platform with one leg of said guide "extending over the top surface of the platform and the other leg of said guide extending beneath the bottom surface of said platform, the bottom leg of said guide extending to and secured to the bottom surface of said platform, a hollow flattened tube extending across and secured to said base plate beneath said platform, the sides of said tube being curled over said tube to provide a pair of cars, the length of said ears increasing along the length of said tube so that the width of said tube decreases in width, and a guide ring spaced above said tube and aflixed to the edge of one of said ears.

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